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A total of 200 million children under age 5 do not get access to basic health care, and 10 million children die annually because of a lack of availability of treatment for treatable ailments like diarrhea and pneuomonia. Nearly all of the children come from the developing world, according to save the children's global report. Poor children face twice the risk of richer children.
Eight-out of ten of the lowest ranked countries in the survey were from Sub-saharan Africa.
Laos, Yemen, Chad, Somalia and Ethiopia were found doing the worst among developing countries, the report said
The top three among the 55 developing countries ranked in the survey are the Philippines, Peru and South Africa
The simplest of therapies would save millions. 30 percent of children in developing countries do no receive prenatal care, skilled assistance during birth, immunizations, and treatment for diarrhea and pneumonia. Oral rehydration therapy- a simple combination of salt, sugar, and potassium - would cure diarrhea, and antiobiotics which cost $0.30 would cure pneumonia.
